Project Gutenberg 2021-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 122 Wollstonecraft, Mary 1759 1797 Cresswick, Mr. Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft Original stories from real life With conversations, calculated to regulate the affections, and form the mind to truth and goodness. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Original Stories from Real Life" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a collection of moral tales written in the late 18th century. The text aims to guide children towards truth, goodness, and a better understanding of their emotions and behaviors through narrative and conversation. The central characters are two young girls, Mary and Caroline, who navigate their education and personal development under the care of their compassionate tutor, Mrs. Mason. The opening of the book introduces the children and outlines their previous neglect in education, which leads to their misbehavior and ignorance. Mrs. Mason takes them on a nature walk, where she observes their cruelty towards insects. Through gentle conversation, she aims to instill values of kindness towards all living things, explaining that even seemingly insignificant creatures have a place in God's creation. The interactions focus on developing empathy and understanding the responsibilities that come with human cognition and emotion, setting the stage for a series of moral lessons that will follow throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Children's stories, English Didactic fiction, English PR PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 213057 2025-07-25T11:15:58.214573 text/html 189596 2024-10-18T09:42:51 text/html 355858 2025-07-25T11:16:03.067569 application/epub+zip 352640 2025-07-25T11:15:59.111566 application/epub+zip 173639 2025-07-25T11:15:58.662587 application/epub+zip 408657 2025-07-25T11:16:06.088563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379054 2025-07-25T11:16:02.570549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200321 2022-09-28T22:50:24.107894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184210 2025-07-25T11:15:57.877570 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164286 2024-10-18T09:42:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17045 2025-07-25T11:16:06.228575 application/rdf+xml 14194 2025-07-25T11:15:58.765543 image/jpeg 2356 2025-07-25T11:15:58.711551 image/jpeg 304646 2025-07-25T11:15:58.243546 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia